Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury HPE 101 February 22‚ 2010 The anterior cruciate ligament‚ or ACL‚ is one of four major knee ligaments. The ACL is critical to knee stability‚ and people who injure their ACL often complain of symptoms of their knee giving-out from under them. Therefore‚ many patients who sustain an ACL tear opt to have surgical treatment of this injury. An ACL tear is most often a sports-related injury. ACL tears can also occur during rough play‚ mover vehicle collisions‚
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George Westinghouse was an American entrepreneur and engineer. He was responsible for the introduction and development of altering current for light and power. Westinghouse invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry. He was one of Thomas Edison’s main rivals in the early implementation of the American electricity system. This man founded 60 companies‚ eventually receiving over 100 patents for his work with the desire to turn ideas into enterprises. George Westinghouse
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Anything that our brain controls could be altered either temporarily or permanently . Brain injury kills more individuals ‚ under the age of twenty ‚ than any other cause combined . Brain injury caused by head trauma is the greatest killer under the age of fortyfive and the greatest cause of disability in people under fortyfour
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George Alagiah His parents moved to Ghana in 1961 so George therefore had his primary education there. He went to secondary school in Portsmouth‚ England however. He is a graduate of Durham University. He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Queen’s New Years Honours List for his services to journalism. Since 3 December 2007‚ he has been the sole presenter of the BBC News at Six and has also been the main presenter of GMT on BBC World News since its launch
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Overuse injuries are speculated to be on the rise in kids. With increased pressure to specialize in a sport and the bar ever-raising to be more competitive and successful in sports‚ younger kids are specializing in one sport and training more hours per week then ever before. As a result‚ overuse injuries have been thrust into the public spotlight. Overuse injuries have previously been defined in a variety of ways. For example‚ Roos et. al described overuse injuries as “injuries that present in a
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George Whitefield George Whitefield was a Methodist preacher during the First Great Awakening. He was born in Gloucester‚ England on December 16‚ 1714 and was buried in Newburyport‚ Massachusetts on September 30‚ 1770. Whitefield took voyages to the New World seven times‚ voyages whose one-way trips took two months. He called both sides of the Atlantic “home”. He was the most traveled preacher of the gospel up to his time and many feel he was the greatest evangelist of all time. His diligence
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Motivate audience to listen/Relevance – Throughout a lifetime‚ each of us will have experiences that result in these injuries‚ whether we are cooking‚ riding a bike‚ or walking down the street. Accidents can happen. C. Establish Credibility – As a wild child‚ I grew up with a lot of cuts and scrapes. With these experiences‚ I learned there is a proper way to treat these injuries. D. Present Thesis Statement – Today‚ I will show you how to take care of cuts and scrapes the right way. E.
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There are many sports related injuries each year. “There are a reported 715‚000 high school sports-related injuries experienced each year‚ and 8‚000 children are treated in emergency rooms each day for sports related injuries” (“Fifteen Ways Parents Can Help Prevent Sports Related Injuries”). Sports are not always harmful but can be. To limit sports injuries‚ people will have to work together to educate each other‚ maintain their fitness‚ and enforce new laws and rules. One of the first ways
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Knowledge of Self-Injury: A Comparison Study in Secondary School Students in Kuching Written by Boon Mong Na 910313-13-5460 Table of contents Abstract 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Background 1.3 Scope of study 2.0 Literature review 2.1 Terminology of self-injury 2.2 Introduction to self-injury 2.3 Self-injury population 2.4 Reasons to self-injury 2.5 Methods of Self-Injury 2.6 Impacts of Self-Injury 2.7 Ways to help Self-Injurers 3.0 Methodology 3
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think of a childhood injury I think of a child falling down and injuring themselves in some way. But injury goes above and beyond that simple way of thinking. Injury is a comprehensive term‚ it covers a wide range of health problems each of which have different dynamics and require a different type of intervention (Baker‚ 1984). Injuries are categorized under 2 basic categories they are either intentional or unintentional. Unintentional injuries often happen by road traffic injuries poisonings‚ falls
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